Patient-Provider Relationship: Compliance with Care

Can Information Availability Increase Patient Compliance? Mitigating Uncertainty Perceptions in the Provider-Patient Relationship

Patient compliance with provider directions is central to patients’ well being, and non-compliance has been identified as a leading cause of increasing healthcare costs. While numerous factors may affect patient compliance, we investigate the mediating effect of patient health information availability on the relationship between perceived uncertainty and patients’ motivation to comply with prov...

Justice in the Health Care Provider and Patient Relationship:

Patient care experiences and perceptions of the patient-provider relationship: A mixed method study

Improving interpersonal continuity of care provider (PCP) over time—is often considered a goal of primary care. Continuity of care is frequently of longitudinal continuity, or the proportion of encounters with one practitioner, overlooking aspects of the patient provider relationship that are key to interpersonal continuity of care. Further, few studies explore patients’ perspectives regarding ...

Family Child Care Providers’ Compliance With State Physical Activity Regulations, Delaware Child Care Provider Survey, 2011

INTRODUCTION Delaware is one state that has implemented comprehensive child care regulations to foster healthy dietary and physical activity behaviors of young children. This study describes the Delaware family child care environment and providers' knowledge of and compliance with physical activity regulations. We analyzed the data to determine characteristics associated with predictors of know...

Patient preference in primary care provider type.

BACKGROUND Given the growing roles of nurse practitioners (NPs) and physician assistants (PAs), patients are increasingly able to choose their primary care provider type. Studies examining patient preferences among provider types are limited and ours is the first to examine reasons for patients' provider type preferences. METHODS Using data from the 2014 Association of American Medical Colleg...